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Affolter, R.H., and Hatch, J. R., 1995, Cretaceous and Tertiary coals and coal-bearing rocks of the western United States; a bibliography of the U.S. Geological Survey data for resource estimation, quality determination, and reclamation potential evaluation, in Carter, L. M. H., ed., Energy and the environment--Application of geosciences to decision-making; Program and short papers; Tenth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, 1995, Washington, DC, Feb. 13-17, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1108, p. 44-45.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1108

Bredehoeft, J.D., Wesley, J.B., and Fouch, T.D., 1992, Origin of fluid pressure, fracture generation, and the movement of fluids in the Uinta basin, Utah, in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Research on Energy Resources--1992 Program and Abstracts Eighth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, February 17-20, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1074, p. 13.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1074

Dubiel, R.F., Good, S.C., and Schenk, C. J., 1992, Fluvial architecture and reservoir heterogeneity; Triassic and Tertiary examples from the Colorado Plateau, in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Research on Energy Resources--1992 Program and Abstracts Eighth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, February 17-20, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1074, p. 24.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1074

Finch, W.I., Pierson, C.T., McCammon, R.B., Otton, J.K., Sutphin, H.B., and Wenrich, K.J., 1992, New assessments of uranium endowment for two regions in the United States, in Dickinson, K. A., ed., Short Papers of the USGS Uranium Workshop, Denver, CO, March 20, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1069, p. 7-11.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1069

Fouch, T.D., and Pitman, J.K., 1992, Tectonic and climate changes expressed as sedimentary and geochemical cycles--Paleogene lake systems, Utah and Colorado--Implications for petroleum source and reservoir rocks, in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Research on Energy Resources--1992 Program and Abstracts Eighth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, February 17-20, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1074, p. 29-30.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1074

Franczyk, K.J., Fouch, T.D., Johnson, R.C., Molenaar, C.M., and Cobban, W.A., 1992, Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary evolution of the Uinta and Piceance basins (northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado) and associated development of hydrocarbons, in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Research on Energy Resources--1992 Program and Abstracts Eighth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, February 17-20, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1074, 31 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1074

Hettinger, R.D., and McCabe, P. J., 1992, Testing new coal models; the 1991 Kaiparowits Plateau drilling project, in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Research on Energy Resources--1992 Program and Abstracts Eighth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, February 17-20, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1074, p. 34, 36.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1074

McLemore, V.T., and Chenoweth, W.L., 1992, Short papers of the U.S. Geological Survey Uranium Workshop 1990, in Dickinson, K. A., ed., : U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1069, p. 3-6.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1069

Nuccio, V.F., Schmoker, J.W., and Fouch, T.D., 1992, Controls on gas generation and production, tight sandstone reservoirs, Uinta Basin, Utah, in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Research on Energy Resources--1992 Program and Abstracts Eighth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, February 17-20, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1074, p. 54-57.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1074

Robinson, J.W., and McCabe, P.J., 1992, Reservoir heterogeneities in the Morrison Formation in southern Utah - a Prudhoe Bay analog, in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Research on Energy Resources--1992 Program and Abstracts Eighth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, February 17-20, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1074, p. 67-68.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1074

Wenrich, K.J., and Palacas, J.G., 1992, Organic matter and uranium in solution-collapse breccia pipes of northern Arizona and San Rafael Swell, Utah, in Dickinson, K. A., ed., Short papers of the U.S. Geological Survey uranium workshop, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1069, p. 36-50.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1069

Anders, D.E., 1990, Thermal maturation in the Uinta basin, Utah [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 2-3.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Fassett, J.E., 1990, Once a menace, now a burgeoning source of energy--Coal-bed methane in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama and the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and Colorado [abs.], in Carter, L. M., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 28-29.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Franczyk, K.J., Lawton, T.F., and Pitman, J.K., 1990, Basin development and resultant sedimentation patterns during the transition from Sevier- to Laramide-style tectonism, central Utah [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 32-33.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Hettinger, R.D., and McCabe, P. J., 1990, Architecture of clastic facies and location of coals associated with a major marine transgression, the mid-Cretaceous of the Kaiparowits Plateau, Utah [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 36.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Johnson, S.Y., Tuttle, M.L., Bryant, B.H., Dubiel, R.F., Fouch, T.D., Franczyk, K.J., Grauch, V.J.S., Grout, M.A., Johnson, R.C., Molenaar, C.M., Nichols, D.J., Nuccio, V.F., Peterson, Fred, Pitman, J.K., Perry, W.J., Potter, C.J., Sawatsky, D., and Wanty, 1990, Geologic evolution of the Uinta-Piceance Basin Province, northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 40-41.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Kirschbaum, M.A., and McCabe, P. J., 1990, Alluvial sandstone geometries and their relationship to coal deposits in a transgressive system tract, Dakota Formation, Utah [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 42.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Law, B.E., 1990, The thermal evolution of the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland Formation, San Juan basin, Colorado and New Mexico [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 49-50.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

McCabe, P.J., Hettinger, R. D., Kirschbaum, M. A., Sanchez, J. D., and Shanley, K. W., 1990, Subsidence, eustacy, and climate; controls on coal and clastic facies architecture, Cretaceous of western United States [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 51-52.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Michael, G.E., Law, B.E., and Anders, D.E., 1990, Geochemical evaluation of gas-bearing coals with respect to maturity, Upper Cretaceous Fruitland Formation, San Juan basin, New Mexico, and Colorado [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 52-53.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Miller, B.M., 1990, Application of expert systems and geographic information systems to basin characterization--Case study for the San Juan basin, New Mexico [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 53-55.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Molenaar, C.M., and Baird, J.K., 1990, Stratigraphic cross sections of Upper Cretaceous rocks across the San Juan basin, northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado, in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 55-56.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Ridgley, J.L., 1990, Genetic lithofacies in the Dakota Sandstone, a major oil and gas producing formation, northern San Juan Basin, Colorado and New Mexico [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 67-68.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Ridgley, J.L., and Huffman, A.C., Jr., 1990, Basin analysis study of the San Juan Basin, Colorado and New Mexico [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 68-69.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Shanley, K.W., and McCabe, P.J., 1990, Variations in facies architecture related to sequence stratigraphy of the Turonian-Campanian strata, Kaiparowits Plateau, south central Utah, in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 75.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Turner-Peterson, C.E., and Fishman, N.S., 1990, Basin analysis as an exploration tool; paradigms lost, insights gained [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 82-83.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Wenrich, K.J., Van Gosen, B.S., and Sutphin, H.B., 1990, Genesis and distribution of uraninite in solution-collapse breccia pipes, northwestern Arizona [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 86-92.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Zech, R.S., and Wright, R., 1990, The Point Lookout Sandstone: Changing formation architecture from strandplain to delta [abs.], in Carter, L. M. H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey research on energy resources--1990, Program and abstracts, Sixth V.E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, Houston, TX, Feb. 20-22, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1060, p. 91.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1060

Bowles, C.G., 1977, Economic implications of a new hypothesis of origin of uranium- and copper-bearing breccia pipes, Grand Canyon, Arizona [abs.], in Campbell, J. A., ed., Short papers of the U.S. Geological Survey Uranium-Thorium Symposium, 1977: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 753, p. 25-27.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/cir/cir753

Peterson, F., 1977, Uranium deposits related to depositional environments in the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Henry Mountains mineral belt of southern Utah, in Second uranium and thorium research and resource conference, Golden, Colo., April 27-28, 1977: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 753, p. 45-47.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/cir/cir753

Wenrich-Verbeek, K.J., 1977, Anomalous uranium in the waters of the Rio Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, in Campbell, J. A., ed., Second uranium and thorium research and resource conference, 1977: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 753, p. 73-78.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/cir/cir753

Finch, W.I., 1954, Geology of the Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine, Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 336, 14 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/cir/cir336

Burbank, W.S., and Pierson, C.T., 1953, Preliminary results of radiometric reconnaissance of parts of the northwestern San Juan Mountains, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 236, 11 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/cir/cir236

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